What does BUSINESS mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈbɪznəs/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
13
How common
Very common

Meaning

noun

  1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it“he bought his brother's business”
  2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects“computers are now widely used in business”
  3. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money“he's not in my line of business”
  4. a rightful concern or responsibility“it's none of your business”
  5. an immediate objective“gossip was the main business of the evening”
  6. the volume of commercial activity“business is good today”
  7. business concerns collectively“Government and business could not agree”
  8. customers collectively“they have an upper class clientele”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

businesses12

Anagrams of BUSINESS

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside BUSINESS

69 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

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Questions

Is BUSINESS a valid word in word games?

BUSINESS is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is BUSINESS worth?

BUSINESS is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from BUSINESS?

69 other words, including IN, IS, BE and US.